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Zoom Fixes Critical Windows Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation
Security Affairs · By Pierluigi Paganini ·
The Brief
- Zoom released security updates fixing two vulnerabilities in Zoom Workplace for Windows.
- One of the flaws is rated critical and could let attackers gain higher privileges.
- Per the Security Affairs summary, the critical bug could be exploited remotely by unauthenticated attackers.
Why it matters
Organisations running Zoom Workplace on Windows should update, since a critical remote privilege escalation flaw affects endpoints where the client is installed.
Who’s affected
- Zoom Workplace for Windows users
- IT administrators managing Windows endpoints with Zoom installed
What to do
- Update Zoom Workplace for Windows to the patched version released by Zoom.
Zoom fixes two Windows Workplace flaws, including a critical bug that could let unauthenticated attackers remotely escalate privileges. Zoom has released security updates to fix two vulnerabilities in Zoom Workplace for Windows. One is critical and could let attackers gain higher…
Timeline
Security Affairs reports that Zoom has released security updates fixing the two Windows Workplace flaws
Security Affairs
Zoom Fixes Critical Windows Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation